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   total

   /ˈtəʊtl/

   adjective

   • 1. comprising the whole number or amount: "a total cost of £4,000" Similar entirecompletewholefullcomprehensivecombinedaggregategrossoverallcompositeintegral
   • 2. complete; absolute: "it is a matter of total indifference to me" Similar completeutterabsolutethoroughperfectdownrightout-and-outoutrightthoroughgoingall-outsheerpositiveprizerankpuredyed-in-the-wooldeep-dyedrealconsummateveritableunmitigatedunqualifiedunadulteratedunalloyedunconditionalunequivocalfullunlimitedlimitlessinfiniteultimatethrough and throughin-depthunbrokenundivideduninterruptedinformal:rightproperarchaic:arrantOpposite partial

   noun

   • 1. the whole number or amount of something: "he scored a total of thirty-three points"

   verb

   • 1. amount in number to: "they were left with debts totalling £6,260" Similar add up toamount tomount up tocome torun tomakecorrespond toequalwork out asnumbertot up to
   • ▪ add up the full number or amount of: "the scores were totalled" Similar addsumcountreckontotcomputework outtake stock of
   • 2. damage (something, typically a vehicle) beyond repair; wreck: informal North American "he almost totalled the car" Similar wreckcrashsmashdestroydamage beyond repairdemolishwrite offinformal:prang

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin totalis, from totum ‘the whole’, neuter of Latin totus ‘whole, entire’. The verb, at first in the sense ‘add up’, dates from the late 16th century.

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   Total definition: constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole. See examples of TOTAL used in a sentence.

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   A total is a whole or complete amount, and "to total" is to add numbers or to destroy something. In math, you total numbers by adding them: the result is the total. If you add 8 and 8, the total is 16.

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